SSI and SSP Benefit Levels Chart effective January 1, 2015 (reflects the 1.7% federal COLA for January 2015)
Fed
L/A
Code
State
Supp
Code
A
A
A, C
(B)
New York State Living Arrangement
Individual
State
Total1
Federal
State
Total
Living Alone
$733
$87
$820
$1,100
$104
$1,204
B
Living With Others
$733
$756
$1,100
(F)
(Living in the Household of Another) 2
C
($733.34)
($779.34)
$733
$733
$266.48
$228.48
$999.48
$961.48
$1,100
$1,100
$898.96
$822.96
$1,998.96
$1,922.96
$733
$733
$435
$405
$1,168
$1,138
$1,100
$1,100
$1,236
$1,176
$2,336
$2,276
$733
$694
$1,427
$1,100
$30
04
$30
$60
0
$60
$733
0
$733
$1,100
0
$1, 100
Congregate Care Level 2 - Residential Care
OMH or OPWDD certified Community Residences, Individualized Residential
Alternatives and OASAS certified Chemical Dependence Residential Services
NYC, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester Counties
Rest of State
Congregate Care Level 3 – Enhanced Residential Care
A
E
D
Z
Title XIX (Medicaid certified) Institutions 3
A
Z
(see below) 5
DOH certified Adult Homes and Enriched Housing programs; and
OPWDD certified Schools for the Developmentally Disabled
Minimum Personal Needs Allowances
Congregate Care Level 1 Congregate Care Level 2 Congregate Care Level 3 -
1
($511.67)
OCFS certified Family Type Homes for Adults; and
OMH or OPWDD certified Family Care Homes
Rest of State
D
$46
Congregate Care Level 1 - Family Care
NYC, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester Counties
A
$1,146
$23
($488.67)
A
Couple
Federal
$ 141
$ 163
Limits on Countable Resources
Individuals
$2,000
Couples
$3,000
$1,754
$2,854
Revised 30 Oct 2014
Statutory References: Chap. 58 of L. 2014
$ 193
The combined federal and State SSI benefit provided to eligible individuals and eligible couples with no countable income.
The Living With Others category includes recipients whose federal benefit has been reduced by the "value of the 1/3 reduction" (VTR) due to the federal determination that they are both:
a) Living in someone else's household, and b) receiving some amount of free or subsidized food and shelter (room and board).
3
Applies when an SSI recipient is residing in a medical facility, is not expected to return home within 90 days, and Medicaid is paying for at least 50% of the cost of care.
4
Recipients in nursing homes licensed by DOH receive an additional monthly grant of $25 issued by OTDA called a State Supplemental Personal Needs Allowance (SSPNA). Residents of other medical
facilities receive an SSPNA of $5.
5
No State supplement is provided: a) when an SSI recipient is residing in a private medical facility and Medicaid is paying for less than 50% of the cost of care, or b) when a recipient resides in certain
publicly operated residential facilities serving 16 or fewer residents, or c) while a recipient resides in a public emergency shelter for 6 calendar months during a 9 month period.
2